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National Park Service expanding authority under EO 11644 to include micromobility device
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ACTION ALERT | AZ Game and Fish ending use of crossbows during archery season
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RED ALERT | Green Impact Exchange – an incremental approach to trading nature on Wall Street
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ACTION ALERT | Boycott welfare EV charging stations
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ACTION ALERT | TMP will close over 500 miles of roads near Yuma, AZ
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RED ALERT | New Arizona laws propose sweeping changes for motorized public land users
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Arizona Expands OHV Registration Privileges for Nonresidents with HB2426
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Arizona Bill Extends OHV Study Committee until May 31, 2025
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ACTION ALERT | SB1052 will change OHV weight limit to include motorized vehicles under 3,500 lbs
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ACTION ALERT | SB1567 Proposes Sweeping Changes to Arizona OHV Laws
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ACTION ALERT | Gila San Simon TMP will close 494 miles of roads near Safford, AZ
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The Threat to Arizona’s Rural Way of Life: The Battle Against Massive Master-Planned Communities
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Biden declares 1 million acre National Monument in Arizona | Thousands of miles of roads at stake
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Federal Register
Browse proposals in the Federal Register that are currently open for comment.
Program Review-Subsistence Management for Public Lands in Alaska
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Forest Service – DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Office of the Secretary
Document #: 2025-22837
Posted on: 2025-12-15
Title VIII of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (ANILCA) requires a subsistence priority for rural Alaska residents on federal public lands in Alaska, currently administered jointly by Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture (the Secretaries). The Office of the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of the Interior for Alaska Affairs and the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture are conducting a targeted review of the Federal Subsistence Management Program (Program) with joint recommendations for action to ensure the Program effectively and efficiently meets the needs of Alaska residents and the Secretaries' obligations under ANILCA. The focus of this review is on recent regulatory and organizational changes to the Program, along with discrete areas of interest. The scope of this review is intentionally targeted to build upon and evaluate the most recent Program review and changes with the benefit of the experience gained through implementation of those changes to date. A subsequent process is anticipated for any regulatory changes to the Program based on this review.
Full EntryRescission of Conservation and Landscape Health Rule
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Bureau of Land Management
Document #: 2025-17537
Posted on: 2025-09-11
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to rescind the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule, issued as a final rule on May 9, 2024. We solicit comment on all aspects of this rule.
Full EntryRescission of the Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska Regulations
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Bureau of Land Management
Document #: 2025-10058
Posted on: 2025-06-03
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing to rescind the "Management and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska" final rule, issued on May 7, 2024. We solicit comment on all aspects of this proposed rule.
Full EntrySubsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-2026-27 and 2027-28 Subsistence Taking of Wildlife Regulations
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Forest Service – DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Document #: 2025-00434
Posted on: 2025-01-21
This proposed rule would establish regulations for hunting and trapping seasons, harvest limits, and methods and means related to taking of wildlife for subsistence uses during the 2026-27 and 2027-28 regulatory years. The Federal Subsistence Board (hereafter referred to as "the Board") is on a schedule of completing the process of revising subsistence taking of wildlife regulations in even-numbered years and subsistence taking of fish and shellfish regulations in odd- numbered years; public proposal and review processes take place during the preceding year. The Board also addresses customary and traditional use determinations during the applicable cycle. When final, the resulting rulemaking will replace the existing subsistence wildlife taking regulations. This proposed rule could also amend the general regulations on subsistence taking of fish and wildlife.
Full EntryAssateague Island National Seashore; Oversand Vehicles
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – National Park Service
Document #: 2025-01210
Posted on: 2025-01-17
The National Park Service (NPS) proposes to amend the special regulations for Assateague Island National Seashore to remove certain permit eligibility requirements for motor vehicles that drive on designated beaches and oversand routes. The rulemaking would eliminate requirements addressing vehicle weight, ground clearance, and dimensions. These requirements were established in 1976 and are no longer necessary. In addition, the NPS proposes to make several technical, non-substantive changes to the regulations.
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Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – National Park Service
Document #: 2024-31578
Posted on: 2025-01-16
The National Park Service proposes a management framework for the use of powered micromobility devices within the National Park System. The proposed rule would define powered micromobility devices separately from motor vehicles, traditional bicycles, electric bicycles, and human powered coasting devices, and create rules for where and how they may be used in units of the National Park System. Examples of powered micromobility devices include electric scooters (e- scooters), hoverboards, and Segways.
Full EntryWhiskeytown Unit, Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area; Bicycling
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – National Park Service
Document #: 2024-31207
Posted on: 2024-12-30
The National Park Service proposes to amend the special regulations for Whiskeytown National Recreation Area to allow bicycle use on approximately 79.8 miles of multi-use trails. National Park Service regulations require promulgation of a special regulation to allow bicycles on new trails outside of developed areas and for existing trails that require construction or significant modification to accommodate bicycles.
Full EntryWorld Heritage Convention
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – National Park Service
Document #: 2024-27373
Posted on: 2024-12-04
This proposed rule would revise regulations governing the National Park Service's coordination of U.S. participation in the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The proposed changes would reflect updates to the Operational Guidelines for the Implementation of the World Heritage Convention that have been made by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage since the regulations were first promulgated in 1982.
Full EntryHot Springs National Park; Use of Thermal Water and Commercial Passenger-Carrying Vehicles
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – National Park Service
Document #: 2024-27571
Posted on: 2024-11-27
The National Park Service (NPS) proposes to amend the special regulations for Hot Springs National Park to update regulations about the use of thermal water. The NPS also proposes to remove outdated regulations concerning commercial passenger-carrying motor vehicles.
Full EntryGlen Canyon National Recreation Area; Motor Vehicles
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – National Park Service
Document #: 2024-21032
Posted on: 2024-09-16
The National Park Service proposes to amend special regulations for the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area to update rules about the use of motor vehicles on roads and off roads on designated routes and areas.
Full EntryRights of Way
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – National Park Service
Document #: 2024-12605
Posted on: 2024-06-10
The National Park Service (NPS) proposes to revise regulations governing the application, processing, and issuance of right-of-way (ROW) permits for lands and waters administered by the NPS. A ROW permit authorizes the use of such lands and waters for the operation and maintenance of infrastructure associated with utilities such as fiber, water lines, power lines, and cellular antennas. The proposed changes would align NPS processes more closely with those of other Department of the Interior (DOI) bureaus by allowing for a pre- application meeting, identifying a common standard application form, and broadening methods the NPS can use to determine fair market value. The proposed rule would clarify the process for permitting construction related to a ROW permit, make updates that reflect current technology and standard practices, and integrate applicable laws that have been implemented since the regulations were first promulgated in 1980.
Full EntryChattahoochee River National Recreation Area; Bicycling
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – National Park Service
Document #: 2024-08998
Posted on: 2024-05-22
The National Park Service proposes to amend the special regulations for Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area to allow for bicycle use on approximately 20.6 miles of trails.
Full EntrySubsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-2025-26 and 2026-27 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Shellfish Regulations
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Forest Service – DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Fish and Wildlife Service
Document #: 2024-05821
Posted on: 2024-03-22
This proposed rule revises regulations for fish and shellfish seasons, harvest limits, methods, and means related to taking of fish and shellfish for subsistence uses during the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 regulatory years. The Federal Subsistence Board (hereafter referred to as "the Board") is on a schedule of completing the process of revising subsistence taking of fish and shellfish regulations in odd- numbered years and subsistence taking of wildlife regulations in even- numbered years; public proposal and review processes take place during the preceding year. The Board also addresses customary and traditional use determinations during the applicable cycle. When final, the resulting rulemaking replaces the existing subsistence fish and shellfish taking regulations. This proposed rule may also amend the general regulations on subsistence taking of fish and wildlife.
Full EntryPublic Lands Administered by the Tres Rios Field Office in Archuleta, La Plata, Montezuma, Dolores, San Miguel, and Montrose Counties; and by the Gunnison Field Office in Gunnison, Ouray, San Juan, and Hinsdale Counties, CO
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Bureau of Land Management
Document #: 2024-03732
Posted on: 2024-02-28
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado is proposing a supplementary rule for public lands addressed in five planning efforts in the Tres Rios and Gunnison Field Offices. The proposed supplementary rule would implement decisions relating to motorized and non-motorized vehicles, day-use areas, seasonal wildlife habitat protection, camping, and campfires.
Full EntrySubsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska-Subpart B; Federal Subsistence Board Membership
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Forest Service – DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Fish and Wildlife Service
Document #: 2024-03604
Posted on: 2024-02-26
This proposed rule would revise the regulations concerning the composition of the Federal Subsistence Board (Board) by adding three public members nominated or recommended by federally recognized Tribal governments, requiring that those nominees have personal knowledge of and direct experience with subsistence uses in rural Alaska including Alaska Native subsistence uses, defining requirements used for the selection of the Board Chair, affirming the Secretaries' authority to replace members from the Board, and affirming the Secretaries' responsibility and oversight regarding Board decisions while incorporating a ratification requirement. In January 2022, the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) held joint consultations with federally recognized Tribes of Alaska and various Tribal Consortia. Later during October-November 2022, DOI leadership and the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, held joint consultations with various Alaska Tribes regarding fisheries. Approximately 445 individual subsistence users and representatives from Alaska Native Tribes, Tribal consortia, Alaska Native organizations, and Native corporations participated in the consultations, and a majority of the commenters specifically requested increasing the number of public members to five and adding more voting members who represent Alaska Native Villages and have local knowledge and direct subsistence experience.
Full EntryPublic Lands in the Colorado River Valley, Grand Junction and Kremmling Field Offices, and the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area, CO
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Bureau of Land Management
Document #: 2024-01399
Posted on: 2024-01-25
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing a supplementary rule to protect natural resources and public health and safety. The proposed supplementary rule would apply to public lands and BLM facilities managed by the Colorado River Valley, Grand Junction, and Kremmling Field Offices, and the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area (NCA) in Colorado managed by the Grand Junction and Uncompahgre Field Offices.
Full EntryTemporary Closure and Restriction Orders
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Bureau of Land Management
Document #: 2023-25698
Posted on: 2023-11-21
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) proposes to modernize and streamline how the agency notifies the public of temporary closure and restriction orders; clarify that the BLM may issue temporary closure or restriction orders to implement management responsibilities, avoid conflicts among public land users, and ensure the privacy of Tribal activities for traditional or cultural use; require that all orders specify the date and time that a temporary closure or restriction becomes effective and terminates; and make the penalties for violating temporary closure and restriction orders consistent with current statutory authority.
Full EntryManagement and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; Extension of Comment Period
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Bureau of Land Management
Document #: 2023-25486
Posted on: 2023-11-17
On September 8, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would revise the framework for designating and assuring maximum protection of Special Areas' significant resource values and protect and enhance access for subsistence activities throughout the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The proposed rule would also incorporate aspects of the NPR-A Integrated Activity Plan approved in April 2022. On October 24, 2023, the BLM extended the comment period to November 17, 2023. The BLM has determined that it is appropriate to further extend the comment period for the proposed rule by 20 days, until December 7, 2023, to allow for additional public comment.
Full EntryLand Uses; Special Uses; Carbon Capture and Storage Exemption
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – Forest Service
Document #: 2023-24341
Posted on: 2023-11-03
The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency), is proposing to amend its special use regulations, which prohibit authorizing exclusive and perpetual use and occupancy of National Forest System lands, to provide an exemption for carbon capture and storage. The Forest Service is also proposing to add a definition for "Carbon capture and storage."
Full EntryManagement and Protection of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska; Extension of Comment Period
Proposed Rule
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR – Bureau of Land Management
Document #: 2023-23427
Posted on: 2023-10-24
On September 8, 2023, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would revise the framework for designating and assuring maximum protection of Special Areas' significant resource values and protect and enhance access for subsistence activities throughout the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A). The proposed rule would also incorporate aspects of the NPR-A Integrated Activity Plan approved in April 2022. The BLM has determined that it is appropriate to extend the comment period for the proposed rule by 10 days, until November 17, 2023, to allow for additional public comment.
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